Sunday, May 29, 2011

1915 Boynton High School Commencement Issue - Eastport, Maine


Mold-damaged copy of the Boynton High School Commencement Issue of 1915, Eastport, Maine.  Images of all pages, including the advertising pages, and a satellite map of Eastport, Maine on Moose Island in Passamaquoddy Bay are below.

List of Teachers: Moholland, Patten, Mitchell and Grindle

Graduates:
Lewis Gerald Atwood
Frances Atwood
Samuel Arthur Baker
Alice Kathryn Bishop
Agnes Mabelle Butterfield
Laura Josephine Carlan
Muriel Bernica Cleland
Helen Jane Cleland
Victoria Marguerite DeCorey
Stafford John Dore
Charles Burrows Emery
Etta M. Farris
Elsie Lucille Fitzgerald
Harriet M. Flaherty
Fletcher Garnett
Howard Bruce Gregory
Francis Whitney Harrington
Frances Lorena Malloch
Geneva A. Trafton
Ronald B. Wadsworth
William M. Ward
Oscar Livermore Whalen

Monday, May 23, 2011

1910 Graduation Program of Yarmouth High School, Yarmouth, Maine


Graduation Exercises program of the Class of 1910 at Yarmouth High School, Yarmouth, Maine.  The Class of 1910 had fifteen graduates; individual short family histories of each are at the end of this post.

The Graduation Exercises of the Class of 1910 of Yarmouth High School, June 17, at the First Parish Churcy, at 2 O'clock.  
Class Colors: Silver Gray and Harvard Crimson
Class Motto:  Work Plus Determination Equals Success


Prayer - Rev. A. H. Stanton
Music
Salutatory: - Henry Hutchins Baker
High Cost of Living: - Eliza Curtis Pullen
The Passion Play: - Goldie Rachel Beeman
The First Thanksgiving: - Claude Azel Kingsley
* Class History: - Edna Elizabeth Dunning
Music
The New Life on the Farm: - Mabel LaVaughn Allen
Secret Societies: - Edgar Francis Corliss, Jr. [the program states Fracis, but this was printing error]
The George Junior Republic: - Bertha Mae Brooks
Class Oration: - Harold Roy Moxcey

* Excused


The Value of an Education: - Rufus Leroy McQuillan
Music
The Reclamation of the Arid Lands of the West: - George Howard Dunning
Arbitration of War: - Chesley Chapman Barbour
Prophecy: - Henry Greenleaf Rogers
Presentation of Gifts: - Rose Josephine Starling
Valedictory: - Elizabeth Margaret Kenney
Conferring of Diplomas: - Mr. W. H. Rowe
Benediction: - Rev. R. R. Morson
Music


Graduates
Mabel LaVaughn Allen
Henry Hutchins Baker
Chesley Chapman Barbour
Goldie Rachel Beeman
Bertha Mae Brooks
Edgar Francis Corliss, Jr.
Edna Elizabeth Dunning
George Howard Dunning
Elizabeth Margaret Kenney
Claude Azel Kingsley
Rufus Leroy McQuillan
Harold Roy Moxcey
Eliza Curtis Pullen
Henry Greenleaf Rogers
Rose Josephine Starling

Brief Biographies of the Graduates - click on their names for more information.  If you have corrections and/or information to share, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Mabel LaVaughn Allen was born 26 October 1891 in Maine, the daughter of Charles P. and Etta (Maxfield) Allen.  Sadly, Mabel died of appendicitis on 6 November 1916.  She had been working as a teacher of domestic science, according to her death record.

Henry Hutchins Baker was born 7 July 1893 at Yarmouth, Maine, the son of Albert Elden Baker and Lenora (Hutchins) Baker.  On 19 April, 1922 at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Henry married Ruth Marion Hannigan, who was born in Fitchburg on 8 April 1897.  Her parents were Timothy James Hannigan and Margaret Elizabeth (Hurley) Hannigan.  The couple lived in New Jersey and Massachusetts; I believe they raised four children.  Henry worked as an accountant.  He died in 1948, and Ruth died in 1979.

Chesley Chapman Barbour was born 13 April 1893 at Yarmouth, Maine, the son of Albert G. and Hattie Ring (Lovell) Barbour.  About 1924 Chesley married Irene Inez Overell, who was born 17 Aug 1891 in Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Arthur Edward and Amelie (Kennedy) Overell, born in Quebec and Louisiana respectively.  Her paternal grandparents were Edward and Charlotte Anne Eliza (Skinner) Overell, both born in England.  Her maternal grandparents were Lt. Col. John B. G. Kennedy and wife Adeline (Cuevas) Kennedy, born in New Orleans and Mississippi respectively.  I found at least one child for Chesley and Inez, a daughter, born about 1928.  The information about Inez and her family came from the description of an auction lot of Amelie Overell's diaries and other manuscript items.  Chesley worked as an accountant.  Irene Inez (Overell) Barbour died in 1970; her widower, Chesley Chapman Barbour, died in 1986.

Goldie Rachel Beeman was born in June of 1890 in Maine, the daughter of Edwin D. and Alice Gilman (Douglass) Beeman.  I think Alice's mother's first name was May, but that is all the information I've been able to determine.  In the 1900 Census of Yarmouth, Maine, Goldie and her sister Pearl and brother Earl(e) were living with their father, who stated that he was married, but his wife was not listed in the household; perhaps she was being treated for illness somewhere.  By the 1910 Census of Yarmouth, Goldie and her brother Earl were living with an aunt.  Sadly, Goldie died of pulmonary tuberculosis on 7 September 1917 at Yarmouth, Maine.

Bertha Mae Brooks was born 25 March 1892 at Yarmouth, Maine, the daughter of Peter Cook Brooks and Sarah Birdetta (McNeill) Brooks, both of Nova Scotia, Canada.  On 30 September 1916 at Yarmouth, Maine, Bertha married Eugene Osborne Russell, who was born 9 September 1880 at Norway, Maine, the son of Elmer Charles Russell and Caroline E. (Crooker) Russell.  Bertha and Eugene lived at Yarmouth, Maine, raised at least one child, and operated a grocery store.

Edgar Francis Corliss, Jr.was born 14 September 1891 at Charleston, Maine, the son of Edgar Francis Corliss, Sr. and Jane "Jennie" Melissa (Libby) Corliss.  Some time around 1913, Edgar married Hallie May Snow who was born about 1885 in Maine, the daughter of Charles Albert Snow and Ada M. (Stover) Snow of Blue Hill, Maine.  By the time of the 1930 Census, Edgar and Hallie, their daughter and Hallie's father Charles A. Snow were living at Bridgton, Maine, where Edgar practiced law.  Hallie died in 1966; Edgar died in 1973.


Edna Elizabeth Dunning was born about 1892 in Maine, the daughter of John Jefferson Dunning and Adeline Jordan (Given) Dunning.  On 10 October 1921, Edna Elizabeth Dunning married Charles Everett Brown, who was born in October of 1886 at Rockport, Massachusetts, the son of George and Carrie (Bray) Brown.  The couple were living at Freeport, Maine, at the time of enumeration of the 1930 Census.  There were no children listed with them, but there was a boarder, Herbert Ward, age 73.  Charles died in 1964; Edna died in 1975.

George Howard Dunning was born 10 July 1892 at Yarmouth, Maine, the son of Edward H. and Margaret Ann (O'Brien) Dunning.  On 6 September 1921 at Quebec, George married Anna Bailey True Stockwell, who was born 30 January 1892 in Canada, the daughter of William Henry Stockwell and Mary Louise (Goodhue) Stockwell.  George and Anna were living in Springfield, Massachusetts with two children, at the time of the 1930 Census.  George was working as a traveling salesman for a paint distributor.  George and Anna both died in 1979 at York, Maine.

Elizabeth Margaret Kenney, Class Valedictorian, was born in April of 1892 in Maine, the daughter of John William Kenney and Catherine Theresa (Claire) Kenney, born in Yarmouth, Maine, and Ireland respectively.  I lost track of Elizabeth after the 1920 Census of Yarmouth, at which time she was living with her parents.  I found possible further records but wasn't able to verify they pinpointed her alone.

Claude Azel Kingsley was born 18 November 1889 at Yarmouth, Maine, the son of Azel H. and Isabel (Frost) Kingsley.  On 15 October 1923, Claude Azel Kingsley married Alta Agnes Crosby, who was born about 1892 at Brazil Lake, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Isaiah and Mary (Doane) Crosby.  At the time of the 1930 Census, Claude and Alta were living at Yarmouth, Maine; there were no children listed with them.  Claude was working as a candy wholesaler.  Both died at Yarmouth, Maine, Claude in 1974 and Alta in 1981.

Rufus Leroy McQuillan was born 2 September 1891 at Yarmouth, Maine, the son of Rufus H. McQuillan and Alma B. (Sawyer) McQuillan.  Rufus Leroy McQuillan married Minnie, who was born in Czechoslovakia on 2 June 1900.  The 1930 Census of Kenmore, New York, shows that Rufus was working as a wholesale drug salesman and that the couple had two sons.   Rufus died in 1968 at Lexington, Massachusetts; Minnie died in 1986 at Medfield, Massachusetts.

Harold Roy Moxcey was born 29 March 1892 at Cumberland, Maine, the son of Clarence E. and Blanche H. (Gerow) Moxcey.  On 9 April 1913 at Danville, Quebec, Harold Roy Moxcey married Nellie Goodhue Stockwell, who was born about 8 September 1894 at Danville, Quebec, the daughter of William Henry Stockwell and Mary Louisa (Goodhue) Stockwell.  Harold Roy Moxcey and wife Nellie Goodhue (Stockwell) lived at Yarmouth, Maine, where Harold was a barber.  I believe the couple had two sons and a daughter.  I think that Harold Roy Moxcey married Theo Dora Minott in 1937, but I can't be sure that the groom wasn't the son who was named after him.  Dora would have been twenty years older than the son, so it's likely that Harold and Nellie had divorced by 1937.  I found a death record for Nellie showing that she lived until 1981.  Harold died in 1971.

Eliza Curtis Pullen was born in 4 April of 1892 in North Yarmouth, Maine, the daughter of Warren Winfield Pullen and Josephine Ruth (Curtis) Pullen.  In the 1920 Census, she was living at Rockport, Massachusetts and working as a teacher in the public schools.  As yet I haven't found her in the 1930 Census.  It's possible she is the home economics teacher mentioned in a Red Bank, New Jersey, newspaper of 1941.  She died at Palm Beach Florida in 1979.

Henry Greenleaf Rogers was born 6 April 1891 at Yarmouth, Maine, the son of James Dunning Rogers and Mary Louise (Greenleaf) Rogers, each of Cumberland County, Maine.  On 10 December 1916 in Cumberland County, Maine, Henry Greenleaf Rogers married Grace Frances Leighton.  She was born 10 November 1892 at North Yarmouth, Maine, the daughter of Gardiner Leighton, Jr. and Annie (Lowe) Leighton of North Yarmouth, Maine.  In the 1930 Census, Henry and Grace were living at Yarmouth, Maine, where Henry was working in retail [I can't quite make out what kind of retail]; there were no children listed with the couple.  He may have been the Henry G. Rogers who served in the Maine State House of Representatives in 1931 and 1932.

Rose Josephine Starling was born 31 October 1892 at Falmouth, Maine, the daughter of Josiah B. Starling and Sarah L. (Winslow) Starling, born on Monhegan Island and in Yarmouth, Maine, respectively.   In the 1920 Census of Falmouth, Maine, Rose Josephine Starling was living at home and working as a stenographer.  In the 1930 Census, she was living in Yarmouth, Maine, with no occupation listed.  Living with her was boarder Madeline Sheridan.  Rose died in June of 1964 in Brunswick, Maine.



Monday, May 16, 2011

1916 Graduation Exercises of Livermore Falls High School, Livermore Falls, Maine


1916 Program for Graduation Exercises at Livermore Falls High School, Livermore Falls, Maine.


Graduation Exercises
of the
Livermore Falls
High School
Thursday, June 15, 1916
Dreamland Theatre
at three o'clock


Program
Music
Prayer
Orchestra
Salutatory - The Open Door, Myrtle May Sawyer
Class History - Leafy May Whynaught
Piano Duet - Gladys Ruth French, Hilda Augusta Sewall
Oration - Militarism and Pacifism, Stuart Frederick Walker
Class Prophecy - 
Men's Chorus
Essay - Value of Domestic Sciences, Martha Elizabeth Hinds
Roll Call - Earl Raymond Robbins
Valedictory - The Melting Pot, Reginald Houghton Sturtevant
Women's Chorus
Presentation of Diplomas

Livermore Falls, once known as East Livermore, is a town in Androscoggin County.  The official town website has a page with a brief history of the area.

Researching online, I found the following, hopefully correct, information:

Myrtle May Sawyer, Class Salutatorian, was born in May of 1898 at Livermore Falls, Maine, the daughter of Angus Thomas Sawyer, born in New Brunswick, Canada, and Gertrude May (Conant) Sawyer, born in North Livermore, Maine.    Myrtle was teaching in the Cape Elizabeth, Maine area when she married Nathan Howard Sullivan of Portland on 13 October 1919.  He was the son of John W. Sullivan Jr. and Margaret E. (Kilday) Sullivan.  Myrtle and Nathan raised their family in Portland. 

Leafy May Whynaught, who read the Class History, was born 17 June 1897 at Livermore Falls, Maine, the daughter of Nova Scotians Artemas William "Arthur" Whynaught and his wife Josephine Dora (Lohnes) Whynaught.  Leafy's family lines go back to early German immigration into Nova Scotia.  On 28 August 1928 at Boston, Massachusetts, Leafy married George Glenn Wallick, who was born 5 September 1890 at Sturgis, Michigan, the son of George Washington Wallick and Cinderella (Keplinger) Wallick.  The couple lived in Michigan and Massachusetts and raised, I think, two children.

Gladys Ruth French, who played a piano duet at her graduation ceremony, was born 30 May 1897 at Jay, Maine, the daughter of Fred Guy French and Ida May (Latham) French.  Gladys married Harold William Jennings, who was born 14 January in Leeds, Maine, the son of William and Hannah (Adams) Jennings.    Gladys and Harold lived in Massachusetts and had at least one daughter.

Hilda Augusta Sewall, who was the other half of the piano duet, was born 8 March 1898 at Est Livermore, Maine, the daughter of Samuel Mark (birthname White) Sewall and Adelaide E. (Wilkins) Sewall.  Hilda married Herbert David Norton, who was born 3 April 1900 at Temple, Maine, the son of Charles A. and Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" (Crosby) Norton. Hilda and Herbert raised a family of at least two children in central Maine.

Stuart Frederick Walker, who gave an oration on Militarism and Pacifism, was born 16 August 1899 at East Livermore, the son of Henry F. Walker and Nellie, whose maiden name on Stuart's birth record I haven't yet been able to decipher.  She was born in Orono, Maine, and her maiden name could possibly be Criner or Cronin.  After graduation from Livermore Falls High School, Stuart majored in Economics at the University of Maine at Orono.  I found him in the 1930 Census at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, living alone and working as a bond salesman.  In the Maine Marriages database, there are two marriages for a Stuart F. Walker, but I don't know if I have the correct Stuart for either case.  The women are Alice M. Nichols, who was married 20 November 1926, and Glenys H. Clement (later Voter), who was married 4 December 1930.

Luella Beryl Foster, who read the Class Prophecy, was born 17 March 1899 at East Livermore, the daughter of James Leon Foster and Vesta R. (Perkins) Foster, who were born in Gray, Maine, and Weld, Maine, respectively, according to Luella Beryl's birth record. On 18 October 1919, Luella married Gardner A. French, the son of Walter A. and Georgina (Gould) French.  He was born in July of 1893 at Lewiston.  His mother was a graduate of Bates College there.  Luella and Gardner lived at Livermore Falls, Maine and had at least one child, a son.

Martha Elizabeth Hinds, who gave the essay on Domestic Science, was born 7 December 1898 at East Livermore, Maine, the daughter of Raphael A. "Ralph" Hinds and Mary J. (Cummings) Hinds.  Sadly, Martha died at Fairfield, Maine on 12 December 1918, possibly from the Spanish Flu.  Her death record listed  her as a student.

Earl Raymond Robbins, who gave the Roll Call, was born 16 February 1897, the son of Clarence A. or H. Robbins, born in Chelsea, Maine, and Annie C. (Bragg) Robbins, born in North Vassalboro, Maine.  Some official records have Earl's name as Earle Raymond Robbins. Sadly, Earl Raymond Robbins died in 1918 as a result of disease, contracted, I assume, during his military service.  

Reginald Houghton Sturtevant, Class Valedictorian, was born 26 May 1899 at Livermore Falls, Maine, the son of Chester Houghton Sturtevant and Charlotte Lincoln (Ham) Sturtevant.  On 15 Oct 1927, Reginald married Laura Arlene Wing.  She was born 22 February 1909 at Farmington, Maine, the daughter of Walter Wellington Wing and Harriet A. (Keith) Wing. Reginald and Laura lived at Livermore Falls and raised a family of at least one child, a son.  Reginald worked in banking.

If you have any corrections and/or information to share on any of the people mentioned above, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.